twenty-one | antikinesis

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Antikinesis

As I witnessed the atrocity of this—whatever this was—I was stuck there, not knowing what to do. There was a person inside each of the first five incubators—large cylindrical glass tubes that looked like pillars for they touched the ground and the ceiling. They were stark naked and floating in a clear fluid. Respirators covered the lower part of their faces, helping them to breathe as they slumbered. Smaller cables and tubes attached from the base inside the incubators pumped who-knows-what inside their veins. Some were connected to their temples while some were connected to their hearts.

The sixth one was empty. Hindi niya na kailangan pang sabihin o ipaliwanag sa akin kung para kanino ang isang 'yon. He said I was the "seventh" one but why was it there were only six incubators and five people? It would only make me the sixth one.

May isang babaeng kulay pula ang buhok at nakapikit na para bang natutulog. Maputi at makinis ang kaniyang balat. Yakap-yakap niya ang kaniyang sarili na para bang takot sa kung anuman ang naghihintay sa kaniya sa labas ng incubator na 'yon. Mayroon ring nakakabit sa kaniyang noo na hindi ko malaman kung para saan at kung anong kasamaan ang idinudulot no'n sa kaniya.

May isang hologram sa kaniyang tabi na may nakalagay na mga impormasyon na masasabi ko na tungkol sa kaniya.

"Raphael"
Subject No: 04
Mutation Type: Ability
Ability: Life-Force Absorption
Legal Name: Ezerina Arechavaleta
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Power Level: Σ
Purpose: Bionic Supersoldier
Project Progress: 23%

Life-force absorption? Ezerina? Sigma? Anong ibig sabihin ng lahat ng 'yon? At ang pinakanakapukaw ng aking atensyon ay ang mga salitang "Purpose: Bionic Supersoldier." Anong ibig sabihin no'n?

Napakaraming tanong ang nagsisimulang mamuo sa aking isipan. Wala akong kaalam-alam kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng mga impormasyong nakalagay sa hologram na 'yon. The only thing I was sure of was she and I were the same.

Hindi ko maiwasang maisip na ano kaya ang naging susi para mahanap siya ng organisasyong 'to? May posibilidad kaya na may pagkakapareho kami ng sitwasyon? Napakaraming p'wedeng nangyari kung bakit siya napunta sa kinalalagyan niya ngayon.

Tumngin ako sa pangalawang incubator at sa loob no'n ay mayroong isang lalaking nakapikit at tulad rin ng babaeng pula ang buhok, mayro'n ding nakasaksak sa gilid ng noo niya. Pinagmasdan ko nang maigi ang kaniyang mukha at para bang pamilyar 'to sa 'kin. Hindi ko naman siya kilala pero pakiramdam ko ay nakita ko na ang ganoong hugis at hulma ng mga mata at labi.

"Zadkiel"
Subject No: 01
Mutation Type: Ability
Ability: Teleportation
Legal Name: Keaton Favager
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Power Level: Ξ
Purpose: Bionic Supersoldier
Project Progress: 83%

He was a teleporter. I couldn't stop thinking about how that ability works in person. Does he vanish like bubbles? Or does he vanish in an instant that no one would see a trace of him?

The next third and fourth had the same person. It looked like they both were cloned because both had the same strong jaw, pointy nose, and body build. They were the exact replica of each other. Their short blond hair floated like weeds underneath the sea and they wore the same expression of serenity. What made the other different from the other was that the man's arms were both metal. His shoulders were bones and sinews until they morphed into a pair of steel arms while the other one was threatening to become a human diamond.

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